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Install ipfs-car with npm
Convert files to content-addressed archives (.car) and back. Version 3.1.0 via npm; verified 2025-10-08.
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overview
Package summary
Convert files to content-addressed archives (.car) and back
Project links
Commands and aliases
- ipfs-car
- 🚘
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
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Install behavior
- No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
- Installs with 11 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 6 build dependencies.
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executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
ipfs-car | cli | global executable | |
🚘 | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-04
manager version3.1.0
manager updated2025-10-08
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/web3-storage/ipfs-car
- noticeThe package-manager record has not changed recently.2025-10-08T11:27:25.513Zhigh confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/web3-storage/ipfs-carnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | npm:ipfs-car |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.1.0 |
| Package manager | npm |
| Package manager page | https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-car |
| Homepage | https://github.com/web3-storage/ipfs-car#readme |
| Repository | https://github.com/web3-storage/ipfs-car |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/web3-storage/ipfs-car#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Source archive | https://registry.npmjs.org/ipfs-car/-/ipfs-car-3.1.0.tgz |
| Issue tracker | https://github.com/web3-storage/ipfs-car/issues |
| Last updated | 2025-10-08T11:27:25.513Z |
| Published | 2025-10-08T11:27:25.513Z |
| Dependencies | @ipld/car, @ipld/dag-cbor, @ipld/dag-json, @ipld/dag-pb, @ipld/unixfs, @web3-storage/car-block-validator, files-from-path, ipfs-unixfs-exporter, multiformats, sade, varint |
| Build dependencies | assert, execa, hundreds, mocha, playwright-test, standard |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| npm postinstall | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Keywords | ipfs, content-addressable, cid, car |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | npm registry |
|---|---|
| Dist Tags | |
| Version Count | 42 |
| Maintainers |
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| Author | vasco-santos |
| Publisher | it-dag-house |
| Engines | |
| Integrity | sha512-0131+UNxk3+2baxK7qmlwJcl/SEI51v/Avx91LdP9WfSfh9s+/qkGS3ukwtmeG7YIyMLvTruRXPvHiYkz/ejVQ== |
| Shasum | 922814a7c6037fee12a09880d06f25a9ea12ddc4 |
| Unpacked Size | 411,725 |
| File Count | 0 |
| Created At | 2021-05-27T09:59:40.851Z |
| Latest Published At | 2025-10-08T11:27:25.513Z |
| Modified At | 2025-10-08T11:27:25.694Z |
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